Hearing Old Ren's voice, Xiao Yu deliberately glanced at Ren Yuze on the other end of the video call.
Since the phone was on speaker, everyone could hear the voice.
Ren Yuze's expression wavered with suspicion and uncertainty.
He wanted to deny that this was his grandfather, but the voice sounded somewhat familiar.
Yet he couldn't be sure!
Why did even he, the man's own grandson, have to queue up and make an appointment to contact him?
Yet some random outsider could contact him whenever he pleased?
That made no sense at all!
Besides, if it really was his grandfather, the situation was now as bad as it could possibly get.
His rejection of the possibility, both rational and emotional, led him to say what came next.
"What the hell? This time you found some random old geezer to impersonate my grandfather?"
Ren Yuze sneered loudly.
Xiao Yu heard him, and so did the livestream viewers.
Old Ren on the phone should have been able to hear him too.
But he showed no reaction.
Perhaps the voice had become distorted after passing through both the internet and the phone, so he hadn't recognized it?
Or perhaps the old man was still stunned, trying to work out the situation.
But none of that mattered.
"Old Ren, I must speak to you about your grandson, Ren Yuze."
"Though it may not be appropriate for me to say this, I still have to: as a scientist, you've certainly fulfilled your duties, but as a grandfather, you've been far too irresponsible."
"You heard what he just said, didn't you? After your grandson did wrong, even invoking you, his grandfather, was useless. He simply refuses to acknowledge you as his grandfather."
"I hope you can go somewhere with internet access right away, then enter my